Ohio
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Post by Ohio on Jan 19, 2004 16:01:17 GMT -5
Just out of curiosity, I would like to here everyones opinion on RIAA's latest tatics of suing those who download music over the internet.
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Post by nita on Jan 21, 2004 0:17:53 GMT -5
I think it's all crazy personally. If their gonna make ppl pay buy sueing them.. then all other ways of copying somehing you didn't pay for should be illegal and enforced too.
Like for instance, using VHS to copy movies and copying DVDs .. cassette tapes.....ect.
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Ohio
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Post by Ohio on Jan 22, 2004 9:26:11 GMT -5
Yes, but the difference there nita is the manufacturers of media(blank cassettes, blank cds, ect) pay the royalty fees for the consumer. Or more correctly, the royalty fees the manufacturers have to pay are included in the retail price of the media. Then once a year, ASCAP and other organizations negotiate payment from said manufacturers for Artists and publishers. File sharing over the internet is different. The ISPs are not taking responisbility, and the creators of the filesharing apps all have legal protection against misuse of thier products. The makers of Kazaa did not intend its purpose to be for illegal file sharing, it was intended for legal file sharing. So they take no responsibility for misuse of their product.
In one of the latest lawsuits I read about, RIAA went after a 12 year old girl who downloaded 7 songs from Kazaa. The original suit was for thousands of dollars but RIAA settled out of court with the parents for a $2000 dollar payment. That is $285.72 per song. Now if I remember correctly, there are serveral legal sites that only charge $0.99 per song, should not that lawsuit have been for $7?
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Post by Armstrong on Jan 22, 2004 17:22:01 GMT -5
A short answer won’t suffice, because it’s a complex issue as it has competing moral principles on both sides.
Anyhow, in my opinion it’s not right for people to share a copyrighted material, but neither RIAA is right the way they are handling the situation. I don’t think people deserve the same punishment as if they stole a record from a store, because you can’t compare the two. I think, a reasonable monetary fine per illegally shared song would be enough, and the money should go back to the artist on the terms of their contract.
$285.72 per song seems unfair, even with the purpose to discourage people. Not to mention, most of it would be kept by the RIAA, not the artist.
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Post by Yahoo on Jan 22, 2004 17:48:05 GMT -5
not sure how the law stands in usa but over here it states that you can copy for personal use only!
now if the 12 year old was copying for personal use only then, only the company supplying material for copy should in court!
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Post by nita on Jan 27, 2004 3:46:18 GMT -5
That is so true. The RIAA is going to sue ppl get get the money out of users of Kazaa and such, but yet they are setting a bad example cause they too are keeping the biggest majority of that money they get from sueing. I would like to know just how much exactly they rake in compared to the original artist of the song.
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